Welcome to the Madison-Oneida BOCES SLS ELA Modules Wiki!
Purpose of the project: the New York School Library System Association (SLSA) and New York school librarians intend to provide recommendations to assist classroom teachers in successfully adapting Curriculum Models in a cost-effective and logical way. The focus of the lessons is not on specific resources. It is on the skills and learning expectations. School library resources, currently owned textbooks, and other classroom materials can, in may cases, be used to fulfill requirements.
Background of the project
The NY School Library Systems Association began this initiative.
Any School Library System that is interested in participating, recruits interested school librarians in their system to work on the project.
Participating SLS directors select a Module to have their school librarians work on.
Participating SLS’ use a spreadsheet to gather resource information. When it is finalized, it will post to the final webpage.
It's possible that more than more than one school library system may work on any particular Module.
As more modules are created, additional groups will work on.
The Module that we have selected to work on is:
Grade 4 Module 2a "Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Interdependent Roles in Colonial Times
The Module information on the EngageNY website: http://engageny.org/resource/grade-4-ela-module-2a
In this Module students learn about what life was like in Colonial America. They go on to study the many roles people played in a colonial settlement and how necessary their interdependence was for survival. Students select one role to explore more deeply through various forms of nonfiction texts. With an emphasis on making inferences, summarizing informational text, basic research (note-taking and pulling together information from a variety of texts), this module will foster students’ abilities to synthesize information from multiple sources and integrate research into their writing. At the end of the module, students participate in several critique experiences during the revision process as they write a research-based narrative that vividly describes an event in a colonist's life.
It is important first to read all of the module listed above; perhaps print it out. (It is lengthly). Familiarize yourself with the learning expectations of the Module.
Then look at the Recommended Texts in the above link so that we can determine appropriate alternatives. If you don't have them in your library check CIDER and request them.
In the margin is a link to a page that provides links for award-winning resources. This is a good place to start when looking for alternative resources.
Welcome to the Madison-Oneida BOCES SLS ELA Modules Wiki!
Purpose of the project: the New York School Library System Association (SLSA) and New York school librarians intend to provide recommendations to assist classroom teachers in successfully adapting Curriculum Models in a cost-effective and logical way. The focus of the lessons is not on specific resources. It is on the skills and learning expectations. School library resources, currently owned textbooks, and other classroom materials can, in may cases, be used to fulfill requirements.Background of the project
The Module that we have selected to work on is:
Grade 4 Module 2a "Researching to Build Knowledge and Teaching Others: Interdependent Roles in Colonial Times
The Module information on the EngageNY website: http://engageny.org/resource/grade-4-ela-module-2aIn this Module students learn about what life was like in Colonial America. They go on to study the many roles people played in a colonial settlement and how necessary their interdependence was for survival. Students select one role to explore more deeply through various forms of nonfiction texts. With an emphasis on making inferences, summarizing informational text, basic research (note-taking and pulling together information from a variety of texts), this module will foster students’ abilities to synthesize information from multiple sources and integrate research into their writing. At the end of the module, students participate in several critique experiences during the revision process as they write a research-based narrative that vividly describes an event in a colonist's life.
Grade 4 Unit 2 Recommended Texts list: http://engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/4m2a.2texts_0.pdf
Our Process: